asleep：adj. 睡着的，已死的，不活跃的，麻木的 adv. 睡着，进入静止状态
【例句】
The lion lay asleep in its den.
狮子躺在洞里睡觉。
My grandfather was asleep forever.
我的祖父过世了。
Her mind was asleep.
她的头脑停顿了。
When I woke my left arm was asleep.
我醒来时我的左臂麻木了。

【短语词组】
fall asleep 入睡,睡着
drop asleep v. 入睡
asleep at the switch adj. 玩忽职守(错过机会)
catch a weasel asleep v. 乘人不备
lay asleep 使入睡
the top is asleep 陀螺转得定住了
fall asleep at the switch 玩忽职守,错过机会;漫不经心
charm someone asleep 用魔力对某人催眠
dead asleep 熟睡
fast asleep 熟睡的
【词义辨析】
sleepy, asleep,
sleepy: 最常用词，指人昏昏欲睡，或沉睡时的寂静状态。
asleep: 作表语，多用于非正式的英语里，指处于睡着的状态，侧重动作的结果。
open with：始于
1.Let's be open with each other.
让我们坦诚相见吧。
2.Convention requires that such meetings open with prayer.
惯例上要求这样的集会应当以祈祷开始。